Topic: A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME (Read 21004 times)

Dan-in-Toronto · « **Reply #150 on:** September 08, 2004, 04:06:02 PM »

Thanks for the pictures, Tom.

They're stunning.

bk · « **Reply #151 on:** September 08, 2004, 04:06:25 PM »

Yes, we need more vibes and xylos for our very own Grant Geissman.

Back from the gym. Biked twenty-five miles in forty-five minutes.

Everyone Has a Story is the Adryan Russ songbook - she came to me and asked me to do it and I said "yes" because she's a dear friend. It's on the LML label.

Jennifer · « **Reply #152 on:** September 08, 2004, 04:07:27 PM »

DR Jane, even though I knew what he meant when he said "charge card", we don't say that here. We say which type of credit card.

Dan-in-Toronto · « **Reply #153 on:** September 08, 2004, 04:15:48 PM »

Vibes, Xylos and Strums to Mr.

Danise · « **Reply #154 on:** September 08, 2004, 04:22:00 PM »

Evening all!

Hang in there Matt! Just when you thought it would be safe to put the batteries and the peanut butter away, here comes Ivan the Terrible!

We are already getting reports at work to start to be on the lookout in case he decides to pay us a visit early next week. Ugggh! IVAN GO HOME! Dry vibes to everyone affected by these storms! Think Sunshine!

I just took my fish back down to work today and now it looks like I will have to bring him back home on Friday. Poor baby. He is a well traveled fish.

Good luck Bruce and good vibes to you about the house!

Matt, I understand how you feel. You all know how much I hate the house I’m in but it’s paid for. The thought of having to take out a mortgage for another house scares me. But I want a different place! Sometimes it is so hard to know what to do.

22 years in the same house! I’m at 24 going on 25. And counting. Funny about the condo thoughts because I’ve been looking at them for the same “no yard or outside upkeep, everything newer and presumably in better condition” reasons. I think they would be to small and I have the dogs to think about. I don’t think they would allow dogs the size of B & B. That I could not abide.

Tom, I love the garden pictures. I never really thought to even want to visit OZ but after seeing the pictures of the birds and the flowers that you put up here on the board, I am really starting to want to take a trip down that way. Someday. Before or after the new house, I can not say.

If I could only win that blasted lotto!

You are going to take pictures of London to post, aren’t you? And if you happen to get a photo of a certain favorite actor of mine (who happens to be in Woman In White), you will share it with me, won’t you please? And if you happen to bump into a certain other favorite of ours, you will share any stories/photos of him also?

Jrand, I like your Nerd photo. I’d like to see more of roles you’ve played.

I’m so glad you’re not going to leave She of the Evil Eye behind, Bruce.

Jennifer, best of luck with your waterbed. I used to have one. Loved it but I don’t know how good it was for my back.

Gee, this is getting long. Guess I should post it and go back and read on from where I left off.

I will say that we didn’t talk about mispronounced words today at work but we did talk about the difference between Pop and Soda and a slice, a section or a plug of a tangerine. What are your choices? Pop or Soda? Slice, section or plug?

Panni · « **Reply #155 on:** September 08, 2004, 04:38:00 PM »

Wheww! Caught up on all the posts since noon - or whenever I posted last.

Congrats, Matt H!

Lovely pictures of the old hometown, Jane.

I did something I rarely do - watch TV during the day. I saw most of (missed the beginning) THE CARPETBAGGERS on Turner. I didn't realize I'd never seen it. What fun! And that great fight between George Peppard and Alan Ladd! Wow.

Panni · « **Reply #156 on:** September 08, 2004, 04:39:14 PM »

And i'm always amazed by what a tiny world it is, as illustrated by TCB's WHAT IF? story.

Jane · « **Reply #157 on:** September 08, 2004, 04:42:59 PM »

Thanks Panni. I was thinking I should modify them to, appropriately, read Pest and Budda.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #158 on:** September 08, 2004, 04:53:37 PM »

Break a leg, Matty!

Congrats on your casting coup!

Jane · « **Reply #159 on:** September 08, 2004, 05:05:02 PM »

TCB-great story!

Danise · « **Reply #160 on:** September 08, 2004, 05:28:13 PM »

DR Michael Shayne—I sincerely hope that you didn’t come home to Tara and find it “Gone With The Wind”.

Thank you, JoseSPiano, for the good weather vibes. We need them!

Has anyone heard from DR Elmore lately? I do hope he is doing well. Good vibes for good health to him!

Jane · « **Reply #161 on:** September 08, 2004, 06:25:19 PM »

Danise, soda and slice.

bk · « **Reply #162 on:** September 08, 2004, 06:34:48 PM »

Ah, it must be the shank of the evening - that time when hainsies/kimlets are supping and bathing their toenails. Let's hope we reconvene soon.

Jane · « **Reply #163 on:** September 08, 2004, 06:54:43 PM »

Bruce you could have answered Danise’s question. You could have engaged me in a conversation prompting more posts. I think you must be exhausted.

I would be doing all you have been doing lately-plus the stress of selling your house. Best of luck with the closing.

Have you ever had green eggs? I didn’t have ham but I had green eggs for dinner. And they were very tasty.

Jane · « **Reply #164 on:** September 08, 2004, 06:57:05 PM »

And you just left while I was posting.

Dan-in-Toronto · « **Reply #165 on:** September 08, 2004, 06:59:23 PM »

Jane,

Why were the eggs green?

Jane · « **Reply #166 on:** September 08, 2004, 07:15:08 PM »

I added the chopped avocado too soon, before scrambling the eggs enough. I prefer more of a separation of flavors but it was very good, and rather pretty.

Jane · « **Reply #167 on:** September 08, 2004, 07:23:30 PM »

The last few weeks we have been very worried about our Bogie. Before I left for Portland the results of his blood work, especially for his kidneys, didn’t look very good. The doctor said to just re-check it in 3-6 months. Right! We re-checked it last week and it was worse, confirming what we knew in our hearts. Bogie is in the beginning stages of kidney failure. The other vet at the office suggested we do Chinese herbs and acupuncture and re-check it in 3-6 months. “No need to treat it until he shows symptoms”. Oh, and when I took him in for the blood work they talked me out of testing his thyroid.

Today he switched to the cat specialist. She is farther away but worth it. He now has a medication and a special diet to try. In November we shall do a complete blood work up on him, including the thyroid which must be watched from now on. The cat doctor is optimistic the diet will improve the situation. The idea is to keep him at this stage and slow down the progress of the disease. If we do so we could have him another 4 years. The idea is to find out NOW what works for him, not just wait until the symptoms appear. At least she is offering us options.

Needless to say these last weeks have been a repeat of what we went through with Echo. The big difference, he is 14 years old, not only 9 years like Echo. The possibility of four more years is a very nice thought and a better prognosis than for Echo. Very scary is the fact Bogie tends to get serious urinary infections and I know we could loose him in a heartbeat. But then we never expected to have him this long and he feels fine now and Echo still runs and plays.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #168 on:** September 08, 2004, 08:23:41 PM »

Quote from: Noel on September 08, 2004, 08:42:55 AM

Linbergh's life has been made into two musicals that I know of....It would be interesting to see how audiences today would react to Lindbergh's political urging that we NOT involve ourselves with stopping the Nazi menace.

That is why I find the America First involvement so interesting. It makes Lindbergh a tragic hero of near-classic proportions.

(A college prof. of mine suggested that Nixon was a classic American tragic hero, but that never really fit, to my mind. To be a tragic hero, doesn't one first have to be a hero?)

td · « **Reply #169 on:** September 08, 2004, 08:25:13 PM »

DEAR ESTEEMED BK:

Did you ever have the opportunity to meet and chat with Ben Bagley?
Do you have any favorites among the multitude of albums said Mr. Bagley produced?

Matt H. · « **Reply #170 on:** September 08, 2004, 08:26:11 PM »

All the THIN MAN films are being shown on TCM tonight. I'm recording the last four that I didn't already have a DVD copy of. Once I get them on the hard drive, I'll compare the sharpness of these copies with the laserdiscs of them I have and copy from the best source. I'm disappointed that Warners hasn't put the other ones on DVD yet but have done TARZAN, Marx Bros., and are planning MISS MARPLE for next year. I've read nothing about any more THIN MAN films on DVD.

td · « **Reply #171 on:** September 08, 2004, 08:28:24 PM »

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Well, bully and congrats, MATTH! ! ! ! ! ! ! [/move]

So, with no further ado, here's what I will be doing this coming weekend:
From The Open Stage Theatre Company:
Our first Play-In-A-Day event
From Saturday evening September 11th through Sunday September 12th

Open Stage Theatre seeks inventive creative Writers, Directors and Actors to work for this intensive, one-of-a-kind theatrical event in which participants write, direct and perform 10-minute plays in just 24 hours.

NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART!!!

Here’s how it works:
Saturday evening; all project participants come to the Open Stage Theatre to meet and greet, and form creative teams.
Overnight, playwrights create short plays (10 pages max!!) designed specifically for the event. We’ll be ready to work in the space or writers may choose to work from home instead.
Sunday morning; Directors and Actors convene to begin rehearsing the plays. After an initial read-through the writers will go home to sleep.
Sunday evening the shows will have a brief technical rehearsal and at 6:30 pm patrons will begin to arrive for the 7 o’clock show!

S. Woody White · « **Reply #172 on:** September 08, 2004, 08:32:27 PM »

Quote from: William F. Orr on September 08, 2004, 12:16:27 PM

... if I and my classmates in Oklahoma could master the difference between lie and lay at the age of twelve, why can't a middle-aged professional wordsmith?

Because they never could get lied often enough?

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #173 on:** September 08, 2004, 09:15:05 PM »

Quote from: Matt H. on September 08, 2004, 01:28:49 PM

FINALLY!!!

After auditioning for five previous shows this calendar year, the sixth seems to have been the charm. I got the call today that I have been cast as Colonel Gillweather in a local production of SOMETHING'S AFOOT. Rehearsals start tomorrow night. I'm very pleased and looking forward to finally getting to do this very fun show.

Congrats, DR Matt!

MBarnum · « **Reply #174 on:** September 08, 2004, 09:26:37 PM »

DR Jane, I am so sorry to hear about Bogie. I know how much your pets mean to you and it must be heartbreaking for you to see them become ill, I know it was for me with Buford.

Will be sending many positive vibes and thoughts your way.

Panni · « **Reply #175 on:** September 08, 2004, 09:41:38 PM »

I went to the Mall for a late-night See's chocolate fix. Shot it straight between my toes.

Sandra · « **Reply #176 on:** September 08, 2004, 09:47:52 PM »

Quote from: Danise on September 08, 2004, 04:22:00 PM

Pop or Soda? Slice, section or plug?

Carbonated beverage and carpel (just to be difficult).

The presentation went pretty well, considering I didn't even think about it until last night.

I think my Career Exploration class would have made a great musical. I can just picture it.

Sandra · « **Reply #177 on:** September 08, 2004, 09:49:18 PM »

Quote from: George on September 08, 2004, 09:31:54 AM

Then there's always "libary."

You should hear how my dad pronounces it.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #178 on:** September 08, 2004, 10:27:58 PM »

Quote from: Jay on September 08, 2004, 01:50:37 PM

Not to worry. We've got a Governor who can't pronounce the name of the state, either.

Which is still an improvement over what that state had!

Panni · « **Reply #179 on:** September 08, 2004, 10:48:47 PM »

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